ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022
Influence of Thoracic Trauma on Fracture Healing in Long Bones-A Retrospective Analysis.
Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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purposePre-clinical studies indicate that concomitant thoracic trauma impairs fracture healing of long bones and reduces callus formation. The aim of this study was to investigate whether patients with accompanying chest trauma suffer from delayed fracture healing of long bones in comparison with patients with fractures of two long bones or isolated fractures. PATIENTS AND
methodsThis is a clinical retrospective study from a level I trauma center. The patients were divided into three groups: (1) thoracic trauma and fracture of a long bone, (2) fractures of two long bones, (3) isolated fracture of a long bone. The fracture consolidation was defined using the radiographic union scale in tibial fractures (RUST). A RUST value of ≥10 six-to-eight months after definitive operative intervention represented complete fracture healing.
resultsIn the first group 19 (43.2%) fractures did not show full consolidation, in the second group 14 (45.2%) and 13 (41.9%) and in the third group 14 (36.8%). The analysis revealed no statistically significant differences between the groups regarding consolidation of the fractures six-to-eight months after definitive operative intervention (
conclusionsUnlike previously reported pre-clinical data, this study did not demonstrate a negative effect on fracture consolidation in long bones when accompanied by thoracic trauma. Furthermore, the results demonstrated that concomitant fractures of two long bones does not have a negative effect on fracture consolidation.
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